dom2 save games

[paplan]

Thanks for the help. Where might I find a copy of "George McGinn's Dominions SaveGame Backup&Restore Utility Version"?

[Arralen]

It's attached to this message

But don't forget:

- It's a DOM1 utility, that AFAIK works with DOM2 as well.

- You'll have to compile it yourself, using the Java Software Development Kit. Don't ask me for help, I don't have a clue


Just tried out "Torvak's Dominions savegame utility v0.61". couldn't get it to work either. Operating it seems definitely non-trivial and not very intuitive ... .
Got it to save turns and pretender files, but it never unzipped them again ?!

[Endoperez]

If one has JSDK, the easiest way to compile one .java file is to have it in jsdk1.4.x\bin directory and write 'javac filename.java' to the command line. If there are many files, then it's harder.

[Gandalf Parker]

I should go ahead and do my Basic Version. Its easier to install.

EDIT: I forgot. the Last release lets it compile to a standalone exe now. Hmmm I wonder if that would be trusted enough for download. I guess I could do both if there was an interest.

[paplan]

That woudl be great for the computer illiterate here.
Mark me down as interested!

[Arralen]

Endoperez said:
If one has JSDK, the easiest way to compile one .java file is... If there are many files, then it's harder.

There are 11 of them ...

[Huzurdaddi]

Ok I just whipped up a little program to save your games.

It does the following:

1. Watches the specified directory for changes
2. Check the file that changed and opens it up to see what turn it is for.
3. Creates a new directory for that turn if it does not exist
4. Copies the file to that directory.

Step 2 is a touch flaky ( you should never see a problem though ) it seems like the files are open by Dom2.exe without the sharing bit set so sometimes I can not open them. So I ( yuck ) sleep a a few milliseconds before attempting to open a file I detect has changed. You may have to tweak this paramater ( but I don't think you will have to ) it defaults to 100 ms.

How to use it:

open a command prompt and type something like:

dom2save.exe c:\dominions2\testgame

Anyway, it probably will not erase your hard drive, but I'm a software guy not a QA guy so no guarnatees.

I suppose I should add some type of disclaimer. Go to this link for the disclaimer.

[Torvak]

Arralen said:
Just tried out "Torvak's Dominions savegame utility v0.61". couldn't get it to work either. Operating it seems definitely non-trivial and not very intuitive ... .

OMG the insult

[Arralen]

Nice to see you here .. how do I make it un-zip the archived files?

Btw., your link to Domsaver0.7 isn't working ..

[Torvak]

Arralen said:
Nice to see you here .. how do I make it un-zip the archived files?

You have to set the turn number you want to unzip and just press load.